AGENZIA ANSAMED (INGLESE) 17 novembre 2015 Pitigliani film
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AGENZIA ANSAMED (INGLESE) 17 novembre 2015 Pitigliani film
AGENZIA ANSAMED (INGLESE) 17 novembre 2015 Pitigliani film festival in Rome showcases Israeli society 21-26/11, several sensitive issues addressed ROME - The tenth edition of the Pitigliani Kolno'a Festival will focus on the multifaceted nature of Israeli society and its contradictions. The festival in the Italian capital on Israeli films and issues will look at some of the most controversial issues in the Middle Eastern nation, such as homophobia, euthanasia and gender discrimination - with lesser attention this year to politics and the Arab-Israeli conflict - and will run from November 21 to 26. Venues for the festival under Ariela Paittelli and Dan Muggia will be the Casa del Cinema and the Centro Ebraico Italiano. The sections, the co-director of the festival noted on Tuesday morning in a press conference, include longstanding ones such as 'Panorama sul Nuovo Cinema Israeliano' and 'Percorsi Ebraici' as well as 'Ombre Indelebili' on works by individuals from second and third generations after the Holocaust and a mini-festival with highlights from previous edition to celebrate the festival's 10th anniversary. This year the Pitigliani shows a desire to raise awareness about Israeli society and the issues it is dealing with on a daily basis instead of discussing ''politics'', stressed cultural attaché of the Israeli embassy in Italy, Eldad Golan, who noted that ever fewer films are made on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Piattelli went on to note that humor is often used to speak about Israel, such as by Talya Lavie in her opening film 'Zero Motivation', or tragedy is - such as in the black comedy 'The Farewell Party' by Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit, a film on euthanasia that is set in a Jerusalem retirement home. ''It will in any case be a festival in which one laughs,'' the art co-director said, ''at a time when there is ever less of a desire to do so'', in referring to the Paris attacks on Friday. Feature films in the 'Panorama sul Nuovo Cinema Israeliano' include 'The Kindergarten teacher', the second film by director Nadav Lapid, guest at the festival, and a documentary that ''deals with the issue of migration in Israel, 'Hotline' by Silvina Landsmann''. Then there will be the box-office success and comedy 'Kicking Out Shoshana' by Shay Kanot, which takes a brave and ironic look at widespread homophobia in the world of football. The 'Percorsi Ebraici' will present 'Sacred Sperm', a documentary directed by Orthodox Jew Ori Gruder, who questions how to explain to his son the prohibition in the Jewish religion of wasting sperm. Guest of the festival on November 23, Gruder will be protagonist of an event entitled 'The Shield and the Faith'. In the 'Ombre Indelebili' section, which looks at the effect of the Holocaust on the children and grandchildren of survivors, will be 'Numbered', by Uriel Sinai and Dana Doron. There will also be the Italian production 'I Figli della Shoah', directed by Beppe Tufarulo and written by Israel Moscati. The festival will end on November 26 with the screening of two shorts by young Italian directors: ' Family Picture' by Daniele Di Nepi and 'Felice nel Box' by Ghila Valabrega. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------REGGI&SPIZZICHINO COMMUNICATION